Lay American Conceptions of Nutrition: Dose Insensitivity, Categorical Thinking, Contagion, and the Monotonic Mind

Health Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 438-447

  Rozin, Paul ^a   Ashmore, Michele ^a   Markwith, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biases; Food choice; Health; Nutrition; Preferences; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030279369     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.15.6.438     Document Type: Article

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